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Old August 20th 18, 10:46 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
John B. Slocomb
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:53:02 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On Monday, August 20, 2018 at 3:00:57 PM UTC-4, Joerg wrote:
Since moving to California in the 90's I
also don't seem to get sun burns anymore.


That's odd about your location.

Maybe more odd was my experience touring Ireland by bike in the
early 1990s. It was three weeks of the wettest experience in my life.
But the tops of my ears were burned and peeling. And that's back
when I wore a helmet, which I'd think would have shaded my ears.

- Frank Krygowski


It is called "windburn" see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windburn
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